U.S. signs asylum agreement with Honduras
The U.S. has now signed agreements with all three countries in the area known as the Northern Triangle: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
Guatemala president-elect says U.S. immigration agreement is not sustainable
Alejandro Giammattei has been saying that Guatemala isn't in a position to receive the asylum seekers.
Guatemela elects conservative Giamattei as president
Turnout as low as 45% appeared to suggest widespread disillusionment with the political status quo in general.
Guatemalans to vote in close presidential runoff
Guatemalans voted Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting former first lady Sandra Torres against conservative Alejandro Giammattei in a nation beset by poverty and unemployment, and dealing with migration issues.
Lawyers say they have noticed a pattern: Adults are detained in packed Border Patrol cells only to be moved within hours once the government is sued on their behalf.
The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require migrants, including Salvadorans and Hondurans, who cross into Guatemala on their way to the U.S. to apply for protections in Guatemala instead of at the U.S. border.
Negotiations over a potential deal ended when Guatemala's Constitutional Court granted three injunctions preventing that country's president from entering into a deal.
Yazmin Juárez, a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum who appeared before a House panel Wednesday, said she testified because she wanted everyone to know about conditions in ICE detention. "I do not want more children to suffer."…
Sandra Torres has 24 percent of the vote, but a runoff ballot appears likely.
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